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Sunday, February 19, 2006

• Wash. Post's Deborah Howell misfires, ignoring falsehoods in Milbank article

• NY Times baselessly reported that Democrats "have called for the [FISA] law to be revamped"

Friday, February 17, 2006

• "Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser

• Media employ verbal gymnastics to avoid saying "Cheney shot hunting partner"

• Media pronounce Cheney shooting story "over"; declare he "stopped the political damage," despite lingering questions, contradictions

• NBC's Miklaszewski provided McClellan's dubious defense of Guantánamo without challenge

• Limbaugh, Fox's Angle repeated misleading claim that NSA program targeted only terror suspects

• NY Times, LA Times ignored questions regarding Cheney accident witness Armstrong

• O'Reilly: news media "hate Bush and Cheney," but Fox will give you "the fair story"

• Limbaugh falsely claimed that Cheney said he drank beer "five hours before going hunting"

• AP's Shrader again used White House's "terrorist surveillance program" terminology

• AP smeared NY Democratic Committee; falsely accused committee of doctoring news stories

• LA Times selectively reprinted -- and Wash. Times' Lambro selectively cited -- flawed AP article on Abramoff

Thursday, February 16, 2006

• Hume baselessly asserted that Cheney chose Fox for interview because of its high ratings, rather than because it is "associated with conservative causes"

• Couric failed to question Matalin on earlier statements absolving Cheney of blame in shooting; echoed Matalin's account of shooting's disclosure

• Media declared that Cheney took responsibility for shooting, failed to note that his supporters had first put blame on victim

• In list of "left-wing papers," O'Reilly included five that endorsed Bush for president

• O'Reilly condemned Dowd criticism of Cheney, failed to note that she was right

• USA Today miscast criticism of Cheney's silence on hunting accident as coming only from Democrats

• Media failed to report contradiction in Cheney's and Armstrong's alcohol claims

• More items »

Thursday, February 16, 2006

• Coulter on Iranian "jihad monkey" and the inapplicability of "conventions of ... personal hygiene and grooming" to Muslims

• Limbaugh suggested "the White House ought to schedule" next press briefing "at Fort Marcy Park"

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

• Limbaugh invented "racial component" to Hackett's decision to withdraw from Ohio primary race

• Cafferty: Hume interviewing Cheney "like Bonnie interviewing Clyde"

• O'Reilly: Five percent of S.F. police officers using excessive force "not so bad"

Monday, February 13, 2006

• Sammon called Cheney incident aftermath a "tempest in a teapot"

• NYT's Brooks: Democratic Party has more nuts than GOP

Friday, February 10, 2006

• Limbaugh sub host claimed Obama-McCain incident shows "how Democrats treat African-Americans" officeholders: "[T]hey get put back on the plantation"

• Catholic League's Donohue: "If you asked" some Hollywood actors "to sodomize their own mother in a movie, they would do so, and they would do it with a smile on their face"

• Catholic League president Donahue: "[P]eople don't trust the Muslims when it comes to liberty"

• Coulter: Islam is "a car-burning cult"

Thursday, February 9, 2006

• Only on Fox: Cable channel aired photos of aliens attacking Library Tower

Wednesday, February 8, 2006

• Fred Barnes on Islamic cartoon controversy: "We see Muslims' contempt for democracy"

Tuesday, February 7, 2006

• Promising viewers "straight talk" from McCain, Matthews instead provided forum to bash Obama

• Oliver North: "There is no such thing as an Islamic moderate"

• Robertson: Europe committing "racial suicide"

Monday, February 6, 2006

• Matthews, responding to assessment that Giulani is "very strong in South Carolina": "Music to my ears. Because I think that too"

Friday, February 3, 2006

• Matthews on Gergen's reference to Boehner tobacco check incident: "Wow. ... Everybody else ... forgives and forgets, but not Gergen."

• Limbaugh: "The last place you want to be is between a liberal who gets herself pregnant and a morning-after pill"

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

• Limbaugh on Democrats: "[W]hile they can't trust George W. Bush, they can trust Osama bin Laden"

• More clips »

• Wash. Post's Deborah Howell misfires, ignoring falsehoods in Milbank article

• Media employ verbal gymnastics to avoid saying "Cheney shot hunting partner"

• NY Times, LA Times ignored questions regarding Cheney accident witness Armstrong

• "Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser

• Media pronounce Cheney shooting story "over"; declare he "stopped the political damage," despite lingering questions, contradictions

• "Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser

• O'Reilly: news media "hate Bush and Cheney," but Fox will give you "the fair story"

• If It's Sunday, It's Conservative: An analysis of the Sunday talk show guests on ABC, CBS, and NBC, 1997 - 2005

• O'Reilly condemned Dowd criticism of Cheney, failed to note that she was right

• Responses to "If It's Sunday, It's Conservative"

• Cafferty: Hume interviewing Cheney "like Bonnie interviewing Clyde"

• In list of "left-wing papers," O'Reilly included five that endorsed Bush for president

• NBC's Miklaszewski provided McClellan's dubious defense of Guantánamo without challenge

• Jon Stewart on Crossfire: "Stop, stop, stop, stop hurting America."

• Media failed to report contradiction in Cheney's and Armstrong's alcohol claims

• Limbaugh, Fox's Angle repeated misleading claim that NSA program targeted only terror suspects

• Cheney's exclusive interview with Fox pays off; FNC withholds video of Cheney's drinking acknowledgment, ignores key questions

• Coulter on Iranian "jihad monkey" and the inapplicability of "conventions of ... personal hygiene and grooming" to Muslims

• Media declared that Cheney took responsibility for shooting, failed to note that his supporters had first put blame on victim

• Limbaugh: Wal-Mart should charge Massachusetts "lib babes" $1,000 per pill for emergency contraception

• Limbaugh falsely claimed that Cheney said he drank beer "five hours before going hunting"

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Propaganda/Noise Machine

• Media declared that Cheney took responsibility for shooting, failed to note that his supporters had first put blame on victim

• Hume baselessly asserted that Cheney chose Fox for interview because of its high ratings, rather than because it is "associated with conservative causes"

• USA Today miscast criticism of Cheney's silence on hunting accident as coming only from Democrats

• Limbaugh falsely claimed that Cheney said he drank beer "five hours before going hunting"

• Media employ verbal gymnastics to avoid saying "Cheney shot hunting partner"

• Media pronounce Cheney shooting story "over"; declare he "stopped the political damage," despite lingering questions, contradictions

• O'Reilly condemned Dowd criticism of Cheney, failed to note that she was right

• O'Reilly: news media "hate Bush and Cheney," but Fox will give you "the fair story"

• NY Times, LA Times ignored questions regarding Cheney accident witness Armstrong

• Couric failed to question Matalin on earlier statements absolving Cheney of blame in shooting; echoed Matalin's account of shooting's disclosure

• Media failed to report contradiction in Cheney's and Armstrong's alcohol claims

• In list of "left-wing papers," O'Reilly included five that endorsed Bush for president

Domestic spying

• NY Times baselessly reported that Democrats "have called for the [FISA] law to be revamped"

• Limbaugh, Fox's Angle repeated misleading claim that NSA program targeted only terror suspects

• AP's Shrader again used White House's "terrorist surveillance program" terminology

2006 Elections

• AP smeared NY Democratic Committee; falsely accused committee of doctoring news stories

Ethics

• LA Times selectively reprinted -- and Wash. Times' Lambro selectively cited -- flawed AP article on Abramoff

Detainees/Abu Ghraib/Guantanamo Bay

• NBC's Miklaszewski provided McClellan's dubious defense of Guantánamo without challenge

• Wash. Post's Deborah Howell misfires, ignoring falsehoods in Milbank article

• "Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser